# Accident 19780103000349A: Piper PA18S125, Talarik Creek, AK, January 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1978
- Place: Talarik Creek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Aircraft: N7860D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 410 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780103000349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WINDS GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC78DAG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG18), Jan 3, 1978: Piper PA-18A (N7860D), Talarik Creek, AK, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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